Pencil attachment



B. LANE.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1919.

1,391,127. PatentedSept. 20,1921.

glvwemtoz PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN LANE, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

Application filed July 10,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN LANE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as one of its objects the provision of a clip engageable with a pencil whereby the pencil may be safely held in the pocket of a garment, the clip being comprised wholly of a single piece of material.

A further object is to provide means, combined with the clip, whereby ordinary lead pencils may be conveniently and quickly sharpened or pointed without recourse to knives, files or other cutting implements.

These objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a plan viewof a clip made in accordance with the invention and showing its application.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view looking from the inner side of the clip.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 indicates a conventional type of lead pencil having either a cylindrical or polygonal wooden casing or body and containing a central leaden core 11, the end of the pencil, including the lead being fashioned into a conical point 12.

The clip is comprised of a'plate of resilient metal, steel being preferred, having an oblong body 15 from which extend a pair of lateral, arcuately curved projections bent to form arms 16 partially encircling and grip- View of the ping the body of the pencil with suflicient tension to be retained in engagement but permitting ready adjustment along the pencil.

A spring arm 17 extends from one end of the clip body 15, the arm being slightly raised and terminating in a rolled or beaded end 18, which, if preferred, may be formed to present a convex hump 19, similar to the usual knob and adapted to firmly press 1919. Serial at. 309,912.

against the outside of a pocket in which the pencil is contained, holding it against inadvertent displacement and possible loss.

The cutter or sharpener 20 is formed lengthwise of the clip body 15 by slitting the plate at about its center, the slot 21 terminating in end recesses 22 extending into one side of the plate, the material being slightly raised forming a longitudinal ridge and permitting the elongated blade 20 to be turned angularly inward, its cutting edge being beveled and sharpened in the manner of a knife, over which the pencil point is manipulated from the interior of the clip in an obvious manner.

In operation, the clip is used in the ordinary manner to hold a pencil, along which it may be engaged at any part, the spring arm being directed toward or away from the pencil point as desired.

When it becomes necessary to sharpen the pencil, the clip is removed and the pointed end of the pencil drawn across the edge of the blade, the same having a shearing or shaving effect so that a conical point may be attained in an easy and practical manner, without the use of implements and means commonly employed, the clips or cuttings in either type passing through the slots and thence outward.

In operation the pencil is inserted from either end below the arms 16, over the cutter blade 21, against which the pencil point is pressed, and the pencil given a'swinging motion, using the arms as fulcrums, to produce a flat point, or rolling the pencil to produce a conical point, the cutter shaving the point as desired.

It is to be noted that the entire device is made from a single piece of material, no solder, rivets or screws being required, and that the article may be embellished, inscribed and highly finished by plating and polishing as desired.

While preferred embodiments of the device have been shown and described, it is not desired to restrict the invention thereto, as minor changes may be resorted to without departing from the general scope of the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pencil clip having a central longitudinal aperture, said clip having a raised por- Specification of Letters l late nth Patented Sept. 20, 19 21.

tion on one side of said aperture, and cutter means formed at the edge of said raised element contiguous to the mentioned slot and portion, the edge of said cutter means eX- a cutter blade extending from said element 10 tending toward the interior of said clip. into the slot all of said elements being in- 2. A combined pencil clip and sharpener tegral. V

5 comprised of an elongated metal plate In testimony whereof I have signed my curved longitudinally to engage upon opponame to this specification. site sides of a pencil, said plate containing a 1 slot disposed lengthwiseat its center, a raised 7 BENJAMIN LANE. 

